SC - lack of proof of cannibalism OT OOP-ish (GROSS-OUT Warning...)

[James Johnson]

>Allison wrote:
>>  >I can't remember whether this file in the FOOD-CONDIMENTS section
>>  >of my Florilegium has the recipe for "real" murri as well as the one for
>>>"fake" murri or not. But it might be another source to check: murri-msg
>>  >      (32K)  1/ 5/01    Rotted barley paste condiment of Arabia.
>>
>>I've got that, but if you check His Grace's comments in the Miscelleny,
>>you will see that he quotes Charles Perry as saying that real murri may
>>be highly carcinogenic.
>
>I seem to recall that Perry revised his opinion, and that it 
>probably wasn't carcinogenic. Please correct me, Your Grace, if my 
>memory is wrong. My own question would be, how could Perry know if 
>it was carcinogenic?

He couldn't, and I was suspicious of the conjecture at the time. But 
I thought I should pass it on.

Since then he has made it, and I gather no longer holds that opinion.

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David Friedman
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